NORTHERN CEBU COLLEGES, INC.

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
San Vicente St., Bogo City, Cebu
Second SEMESTER, S.Y. 2023-2024

CREATIVE WRITING
Prelim Exam Review Packet

I. Poetry
Instruction: Study the poem and identify the imagery in the poem. Fill in the chart with lines and phrases
of the senses used by the writer.

Sight: The yellow paint was peeling off the walls in strips and bubbles exposing the greyish wall
beneath.
Smell: I felt another faint stir of air, this time from that second door, and there was the strong smell of
mice.
Hear: The battered, deep brown wood floors creaked as I stepped farther in.
Touch: I stepped into the room and coughed at the musty, mildewy smell that felt like it was already
clogging my throat.
Taste: I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox..Forgive me they were delicious, so sweet and so
cold.

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,

Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
“’Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamber door—
Only this and nothing more.”

Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December;

And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.
Eagerly I wished the morrow;—vainly I had sought to borrow
From my books surcease of sorrow—sorrow for the lost Lenore—
For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore—
Nameless here for evermore.

And the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain

Thrilled me—filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before;
So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating
“’Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door—
Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door;—
This it is and nothing more.”

Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer,

“Sir,” said I, “or Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore;
But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping,
And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door,
That I scarce was sure I heard you”—here I opened wide the door;—
Darkness there and nothing more.

Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing,
Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before;
But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token,
And the only word there spoken was the whispered word, “Lenore?”
This I whispered, and an echo murmured back the word, “Lenore!”—
Merely this and nothing more.
 SIGHT TOUCH HEARING SMELL TASTE

II. Prose
Instruction: Unleash the creative writer in you by completing the stem narrative with your imagination.

The __________________

Once upon a time, a __________________ bumped into _____________________ and formed

________________
_________________ . Suddenly, ___________________________ fell from the ___________________________ .
The ___________________________ saw it, and ___________________________ . Another ____________
___________________ felt _____________________________ . Together, they ______________________
________________________ . Then, ________________________ realized _________________________
that to __________________________________ , they need _______________________________ .
It went well, except __________________________________________________ wanted to
_________________________________,so_______________________________________________ into
_____________________________________ .
This was where _____________________________________ . Therefore,
__________________________________________ until _______________________________ .
The end!

III. Theory Application

Instruction: Unleash the creative writer in you by creatively expressing the statements. You may convert them
into similes, personification, metaphor, and hyperbole.

1. John has huge ears.

2. The waters glistened under the sun.

3. The book I read was very informative.

4. The boy was extremely saddened by the turn of events.

5. The plant is dying.